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On April 17, the United States Supreme Court decided Missouri v. McNeely. The question presented to the Court was, Does the natural elimination of alcohol from the body create a per se rule allowing the State to perform a blood test without a warrant in a DUI case? The Court held that it does not. […]

In 2012, a Department of Public Health state laboratory came under fire after one of its employees, Annie Dookhan, allegedly falsified evidence that was used in drug cases. The investigation into Dookhan led to 534 cases being reviewed and over 300 inmates being released from Massachusetts state prisons. Now another lab, the Massachusetts State Crime […]

Police arrested six individuals allegedly involved in a Montgomery County drug ring, earlier this week. The arrests were the result of “Operation Walled In”, made possible by a new Pennsylvania wiretapping law that took effect in December 2012. Under the new law, police can target a person suspected of engaging in criminal activity, rather than […]

When police suspect a motorist of driving under the influence of drugs there may be no odor of alcohol and a PBT breathalyzer may show no BAC. In this situation, police will sometimes use a Pennsylvania Drug Recognition Expert (“DRE”) to render an opinion regarding whether a motorist is under the influence of drugs. A […]

43-year-old Sergio Guevara of Horsham is facing 25 counts of Possession of Child Pornography, resulting from an investigation by Montgomery County detectives that began last November. He has also been charged with five counts of Disseminating Photography/Film of Child Sex Acts and one count of Criminal Use of Communication Facility. Guevara waived his preliminary hearing on […]